Home Assistant Switch

← Smart switches

Home Assistant instances in your network will be auto-discovered and suitable entities (e.g. switch.*, sensor.*) will be suggested.

Parameters

Name	Description	Value	Level
uri	Home Assistant URI Example: http://homeassistant.local:8123		optional
switch	Entity ID of the switch device Example: switch.smartsocket		optional
power	Entity ID for power measurement Example: sensor.smartsocket_power		optional
standbypower [W]	Standby power Power values above this value will be considered as charging power and hence status "charging". Negative values deactivate status detection. Default: 15		optional
integrateddevice	Integrated device Integrated device. No charging sessions		advanced
heating	Heating device Shows °C instead of %		advanced
icon	Icon Will be displayed in the user interface	carbikebusmopedmotorcyclerocketscootertaxitractorrickshawshuttlevanairpurifierbatterybulbclimatecoffeemakercomputecookingcoolerdesktopdevicedishwasherdryerfloorlampgenericheaterheatexchangeheatpumpkettlelaundrylaundry2machinemetermicrowavepumpsmartconsumertoolwaterheater	advanced

Configuration example for evcc.yaml

If you don't want to configure via the UI, you can alternatively use this YAML block.

chargers:
    - name: my_smartswitch
      type: template
      template: homeassistant-switch
      uri: http://homeassistant.local:8123 # Home Assistant URI
      switch: switch.smartsocket # Entity ID of the switch device
      power: sensor.smartsocket_power # Entity ID for power measurement, optional
      standbypower: 15 # Standby power (W), Power values above this value will be considered as charging power and hence status "charging". Negative values deactivate status detection. (optional)
      integrateddevice: # Integrated device, Integrated device. No charging sessions (optional)
      heating: # Heating device, Shows °C instead of % (optional)
      icon: # Icon, Will be displayed in the user interface [car, bike, bus, moped, motorcycle, rocket, scooter, taxi, tractor, rickshaw, shuttle, van, airpurifier, battery, bulb, climate, coffeemaker, compute, cooking, cooler, desktop, device, dishwasher, dryer, floorlamp, generic, heater, heatexchange, heatpump, kettle, laundry, laundry2, machine, meter, microwave, pump, smartconsumer, tool, waterheater] (optional)